The Rose Museum Gallery
The university's original decision raised legal questions whether pieces donated for public display only could be sold. "Had I had any idea when I donated work that there was a chance they would be sold ... I never would have donated them," said Jonathan Novak, a 1975 graduate who has donated art and money.
Pictured, Charles Bell's "Cat," a gift of Jonathan Novak to the Rose.

Courtesy of Rose Art Museum
- Review Rose Art Museum display justifies the passions
- Brandeis may keep art, says president
- Rose Art Museum backers seek halt to selloff
- Crisis raises questions on Brandeis campus
- Critic's Notebook: Hawk this gem? Unconscionable
- Rose Art Museum: A letter from Brandeis president
- Ailing Brandeis will shut museum, sell treasured art